Playing-cards.



J. L. BRISTER.

PLAYING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1914.

1,138,534:- Patented May 4, 1915.

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JOHN L BRISTER, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

PLAYING-CARDS.

To all whom z'tmay concern: 7 Be it known that I, JOHN L. BRISTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk andState of Virginia, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Playing-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to playing cards, and has for its object to provide a set of cards for playing a game which I have termed WVhos Who and Whats What, which is designed to afford interest, amusement and instruction. 7

The nature of my invention and the means by which it is carried out will be readily understoodfrom the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a face view of one of the cards embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of another card embodying my invention. I

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a set of cards, which may consist of any desired number of suits, groups or series of a desired number ofcards to each suit, group or series. In the present instance I have illustrated two cards, denoted 1 and 2 respectively, which relate to differentsuits, groups or series, and are shown as exemplifying two of many kinds of suits which may be included in the set. 7

As shown, each card, which may be of con ventional form, and of any convenient size, comprises a body portion 3 and a coupon or end section 4 which is designed to be cut or detached from the body portion along the transverse division line 5. This division line 5 may be perforated or otherwise weakened, to allow the portions of the card to be readily and conveniently separated from each other.

The body portion of each card is designed to bear thereon suitable subject matter responsive to a certain question, lecture or description, while the coupon and detachable section 4 of the card is designed to bear thereon the question, lecture or description to which the matter on the body portion of said card is responsive, thus, for instance the coupon or section 4: of the card 1 is shown as bearing a description of a picture subject, which subject is shown upon the body portion 3 of said card, while the coupon or detachable section of the card 2 is shown bearing a question and the body portion of said Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May at, 1915.

Application filed April 24, 1914.. 'Seria1No.834,249.

card 2 is shown'as bearing the answer tosuch question;

The cards pertaining to like suits, series or subject matter may,f0r convenience, be given a series or suit designation, and the cards of each suit may bear distinctive serial designations, such as numbers, for instance, the card 1 is shown as bearing the series character A and Sr. No. 1604, while the card 2, is shown as bearing the series character B and the Sr. No. 504-. The body and coupon sections of each card are provided with the designating characters distinguishing the card, to that when separated from each other their relationship may be easily and quickly determined.

The groups or series of cards may show various kinds of interesting or instructive matter, such as photographs of famous men and women, authors, actors and actresses,

moving picture players, baseball players and other athletes, in fact, all people in the public eye, views of places of interest anywhere and everywhere, pictures of different kinds of animals, birds, fish, flowers, flags, etc., religious pictures, reproduction of famous paintings, statuary, etc., historical pictures, pictures offamous buildings, pictures of events of current interest, and questions and answers on any topic. Suits or groups of pictures of difierent generic subjects-matter, or specifically difierent subjects-matter of the same class, may be employed in the set or deck of cards for the purpose of playing the game, and, as any particular kind of suits is unnecessary, suits may be changed whenever desired, the field for the subjects-matter being practically unlimited, so that an ever changing and interesting game may be provided that will afford amusement, entertainment and instruction both to old and young.

Three or more persons may play the game, one being chosen as lecturer, whose duty is to deal the cards, read the descriptive lectures or questions, and keep the standing of the players. Any number of cards maybe used, but it is preferable to set the number at not less than five nor more than ten for each player exclusive of the lecturer.

At the start the lecturer first detaches the coupons or lower detachable sections of the cards containing the lectures and questions, along the division lines, and retains these coupons or detachable sections forhis own use.

The body portions of the cards are then shuflied and dealt one at a time to the players. The lecturer then reads clearly and distinctly one of the lectures or questions. Each player then carefully examines his cards, and if, in his opinion, he has the card containing the correct answer or picture referred to, he raises his hand, and the lecturer then allows each player whose hand is raised to give the number of the card he presumes to be correct. The lecturer then tells the correct number and marks the players according to the scoring rules adopted.

Each player then gives all of his cards to the player on his right and the lecturer pro? ceeds to the next lecture or question. This method is kept up until all of thelecturers cards or coupons are exhausted, the cards being passed from player to player after each question. This is done in order that all of the pictures, etc., may be examined by each player. The method of scoring or marking the players may be as follows :Each player starts the game with a maximum rating of 100. From this five is deducted for each incorrect answer given and ten for each case in which the player has the correct card in his possession but fails to give the correct answer. At the close of the game the player haying the highest net rating'after all deductions wins the game.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that myinvention provides a set of playing cards for use in playing a game which may be of a constantly changing character, and which is not limited as to variety in any Way, which may cover a wide range of subjectsmatter, which may be arranged to cover any particular field or group of fields, to suit individual tastes or fancies, and Which can be arranged to afford constant amusement, entertainment and instruction.

I claimz- A set of playing cards comprising a plurality of cards, arranged in suits or groups, bearing distinctive designation characters peculiarto each group, each card comprising'a body portion and a coupon detachable therefrom, the cards of each suit bearing different designations, peculiar to each card and its coupon in each group, such designations appearing upon the body portion and coupon of each card to indicate their relationship, the body portion of each card bearing thereon matter responsive to a certain question, lecture or description, and the coupon portion of each card bearing thereon the question, lecture or description, to which the matter on the body portion of said card is responsive, whereby the body portions and coupons of the set of cards may be separated and employed by a lecturer and players, respectively, substan tially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN L. BRISTER.

\Vitnesses H. D. ALLEY, J. MonncocK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. (2.? 

